Apple posted a pre-release version of iOS 4.3 last night. Almost immediately, juicy snippets from the developer-only download have leaked out.
Firstly, and perhaps least surprisingly, the software contains coded references to the iPad 2 and the iPhone 5. Apple has so far refreshed its smartphone every year in June, and it seems …

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Gestures I could care less about

However the Wifi hotspot is interesting. I assume Carriers will have policies for this that tie in with the existing tethering solution.

I would be interested to see how that impacts iPad 3G sales. I would guess most iPad users are carrying an iPhone. If you can use your iPhone as your Wifi connection then the inbuilt 3G is a little redunant.

I like the concept of making more use of AirPlay. I already love using the iPad or iPhone with AppleTV for a remote or for streaming. The idea of moving other output such as games to AirPlay is nifty.

Ah, an American in the house

Regardless of what the article says, I don't think AirPlay is usable for moving any old output around. My understanding is that bandwidth concerns limit it to compressed video. Since the iOS devices don't really have the stuff to perform video compression as well as whatever else they were already doing, that limits it to video that has already been compressed — i.e. anything you'd currently stream over the internet or add yourself via iTunes.

How very dare you sir!

@AC

Idioms don't have to make sense on their own terms. That's why you rarely get "How so?" as a response when describing something as being swings and roundabouts. There's a distinction in that most idioms did make sense in the first place, but most people don't inspect the actual words if they know the meaning. I figured it was worth pointing out for "could care less" because people outside the US don't automatically associate a meaning to that.

Educational video

Considering

the number of apps that use a horizontal swipe to switch pages and would be buggered beyond recognition if that gesture is used for something else, and considering that none of these changes are mentioned in the API diffs or the updated class references, it's possible that this article may not be entirely accurate.

Likewise for the fact that none of the changes that do appear in the 4.3 diffs are listed here.

Considering THE FACTS

Yes, there are a lot of apps that use a horizontal swipe to switch pages, but the gesture in question is a horizontal swipe with FOUR fingers. This is a "non standard" swipe gesture in the iOS and as such should only affect a small number of apps that have chosen to do something a bit special in their app.

FaceTime for all except for the original user???

So basically if other iPhone4 users connect to another iPhone4 via wifi sharing they will be able to use facetime over 3g? Yes it uses 2 iPhone4's but hey it's FaceTime over 3g what more could you ask for...